By examining oral history collected during two years of fieldwork, anthropologist Rebecca Bryant investigates why the 2003 opening of the ceasefire line dividing Cyprus has not led the country any closer to reunification, and how in many ways it has driven the two communities of the island farther apart.

The Past in PiecesBelonging in the New Cyprus

Rebecca Bryant

The Sorrow of Unanswered QuestionsIntroduction: A Prelude to MourningOne: Paths of No ReturnTwo: The Anxieties of an OpeningThree: A Needle and a HandkerchiefFour: Geographies of LossFive: In the Ruins of MemorySix: The Spoils of HistorySeven: The Pieces of PeaceEight: Betrayals of the PastReading the Future (In Lieu of a Conclusion)